For Brain Tumour Awareness Month, Vanessa Johanssen talks about her work and how their research has helped to find brain tumours when they're small enough to treat.
Last April we joined forces with Corpus Christi College and visited Crewe to talk to students there about the impact of maths in materials and cancer research. We met Sarah Stubington and discovered that a shared love of science can create common ground. Sarah shared her perspective of our meeting.
When Pratik Samant was in secondary school, he had two great loves: physics and medicine, in that order. It seemed to him at the time, that these were polar opposites. When Pratik chose to study physics, that meant leaving medicine behind, of course, they\u2019re different fields! That was 6 years ago, Pratik now reflects that would surprise his younger self to learn that in 2020, he would work in a hospital.
On the 11th of February 2020, we celebrate the fifth International Day of Women and Girls in Science as recognised and implemented by the United Nations General Assembly. This day aims to raise awareness of the biases and gender stereotypes that deter women and girls from STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) related fields, as well as promote equal access to and participation in STEM education and professions for girls and women.\r\nI reached out to fellow students in the Department of Oncology for their views on women and girls in STEM and for them to spotlight a woman in science who has influenced them.
On 8 November, OCTO Trial Management Director Sarah Pearson and Trial Manager Naomi McGregor joined children from Dr South\u2019s primary school to explore some aspects of the work carried out by the Oncology department during the school\u2019s science week earlier this month.
The bacteria that inhabit our gut \u2013 the gut microbiome - could have profound impact on our health. The species that live in our guts influence the development of neurodegenerative disease (Alzheimer disease, Parkinson\u2019s disease), epilepsy, autoimmune disease, and cancer.4 They may also be helping shape whether our treatments work.
When people don\u2019t know they\u2019ve supported your work, how do you say \u2018Thank you!\u2019? \r\nObviously, you can hold a celebration event. Publicise widely, invite people in. Sweeten the offer with nibbles?
In my spare time, I work for the RAF Air Cadets as a volunteer instructor. It\u2019s challenging, rewarding and fun, but it\u2019s not often that the light blue of the RAF is seen on the Old Road Campus.
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